Reply to Thread

Register Now

In order to be able to post messages on the Hot Rod Forum : Hotrodders Bulletin Board forums, you must first register.
Please enter your desired user name (usually not your first and last name), your email address and other required details in the form below.

User Name:

Password

Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.

Password:

Confirm Password:

Email Address

Please enter a valid email address for yourself.

Email Address:

Log-in

User Name

Remember Me?

Password

Human Verification

In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.

Additional Options

Miscellaneous Options

Automatically parse links in text

Automatically embed media (requires automatic parsing of links in text to be on).

Automatically retrieve titles from external links

Topic Review (Newest First)

12-10-2008 06:50 PM

michael cook

balljoint

got them machined and pressed in today went 10 thousand he said it was a real tihgt fit could have gone 5 -8 and been alright just gladto have it done

12-09-2008 09:52 PM

michael cook

ball joint

thanks guys the reason I ask was right now the hole and the ball joint are 30 thousands differrence no one would press it said to big of a difference my buddy is a machinist and thought 10 thousand was right but wanted it verified before he opened up the hole for me and pressed them in

12-09-2008 09:48 PM

aosborn

Don't be afraid to put a little heat on the a-arm before pressing the ball joint in. Even warming the a-arm in the oven a while will help if you don't want to damage paint with a torch. Chilling the joint helps too...

12-09-2008 09:12 PM

johnsongrass1

Damn tight! prolly like -.010

You can weld em up too.

12-09-2008 06:00 PM

michael cook

ball joint fit

I need to know what is the tollreance or clearance for a balljoint example I have a hole in a tubular a arm for the ball joint to press into how many thousands do I want for a press fit between the joint and the hole ball joint has knurles thanks